Qadaruddin Shishir is mainly known as the pioneer of Fact-check journalism in Bangladesh.

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He now works for AFP Factcheck platform as its Bengali language editor based at the agency's Dhaka bureau. Previously he worked for BOOM Bangladesh.

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Shishir also co-founded BD Factcheck, the first fake news debunking online portal in Bangladesh. Before starting as a full-time fact checker's career, he regularly contributed to The Daily Star, Scroll.in, The Wire and The New Age.

He authored “Fact Checking and Verification Handbook” in Bengali in 2021.

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Shishir is a BJIM co-founder.